slow news day

the year our ClockTower was built

ClockTowerTenants has reached a milestone,

 almost 150,000 page views in 1886 posts. 

Other interesting things happened in 1886, too.

The first Mercedes Benz was patented by Karl Benz.

wiki

An international copyright agreement called The Berne Convention put “The Pirate Publisher” on notice.

wiki

Coca Cola was launched with real cocaine by John Pemberton, a pharmacist in Georgia.

wiki

Grover Cleveland was our President.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2012/01/way-we-were.html

The first trainload of fresh oranges left Los Angeles for New York on the transcontinental railroad.

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After almost 30 years of fighting, famous native American Geronimo finally surrendered in Arizona.

wiki

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York harbour.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2011/10/many-happy-returns.html

Iconic architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was also born in 1886.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2010/09/hes-got-nothin.html

If you live in the ClockTower, 

your loft has witnessed 127 years of south Bronx history.

Welcome home. Thanks for following our blog.

And have a great weekend!

Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

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99¢ was a lot of money to me back in 1966. 

I was 14 and earning 90¢ an hour at Ann's the local coffee shoppe, washing dishes, mopping floors.

The national average of $50,000 earns $25.00 in an hour, today.

But that record album looked so cool in the shop. 

Phantom of the Opera music. 

Yeah. Gotta have it.

This music is scary stuff. 

If you have a party tonight, cue this up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1925_film)

It sure worked for Lon Chaney.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Chaney_(Sr.)

Have a Happy Halloween!

SMAR

fine

before we move into the stratosphere

If only flying really was this much fun!

Yo. Yo. Yo!

it turned out so right

for strangers in the night.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers_in_the_night

metro retro

October 29, 2012

One year ago today the ClockTower woke with a watery hangover.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2012/10/the-harlem-river-over-its-banks-noon.html

We drank almost 3 feet of the Harlem River the night before.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2012/10/three-hours-to-storm-surge.html

ClockTowerTenants shot photos of the hood and put them up throughout the evening.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2012/10/the-water-is-rising-fast-now.html

Other Bronx websites linked back to ours and traffic spiked to tens of thousands.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2012/10/its-coming-across-134th-now.html

Now it’s back to the three or four of you who visit everyday.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2012/10/sandys-numbers.html

If you want to see where we were last year at this time, the links will take you there.

Bring dry socks.

remember these?

http://clocktowertenants.com/2013/10/the-trip-to-bountiful.html